The way to Overcome

Monday 30 November
READ: John. 2:14-15
MORE LESSON: Rev 2: 1 - 3: 22

Several times in the book of Revelation Jesus said to the churches, to him that overcometh: (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 21: 7). You have to know the way to overcome because there are several promises made to those who overcome. If you must overcome, you must not compromise the place of the Word of God in your life. Genuine vision comes from the Word of God. Even if given by the Spirit of God, it cannot be contrary to the Word of God. So to succeed in any vision we must go back to the source of the vision - the Word of God. That was how Jesus overcame (Luke 4; 1-13) and that is how we can overcome.

There are three enemies on our way to fulfill God's vision for our lives; they are the flesh, the world and Satan, the Word of God is the way to overcome them all. To overcome the flesh we need self denial. The flesh ordinarily wants you to do things that are indulgent. It wants the free and easy life and tells you not to take anything that is not convenient. To overcome the flesh you must always encourage anything that will vitalize your spirit and mortify the flesh. The flesh doesn't like reading the Word of God, prayer, fasting, house to house evangelism, sacrificing your time to come and hear the word of God. It is your duty to say 'no' to the flesh and hearken to the spirit. Do all that needs to be done to overcome the flesh so that you can fulfill your heavenly vision.

The world is all around us and the scriptures in I John 2:14-15 enjoins us not to love the world. Love of the world will make us run short of the glory of God and we cannot overcome the world if we love the things of the world. The world refers to the sinful things, the pleasures and even the good things that are not sins but have become the priority of the people around us. The moment you discover that the things that are the priority of the people of the world have become your priority in life too, you have to watch out. Money, cars, houses, fame, certificates are the priority of the people of the world while God is the only legitimate priority for you. Satan has been overcome by the blood of Jesus, just use the Word to appropriate your victory over him.

You must overcome the flesh, the world and progress steadily to heaven. God's vision in your hands is so great that you can't afford to fail nor allow hell fire to take you. Whatever you will give up to make sure God's vision in your hand is successful is worth it.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the power in the blood of Jesus to break every force of the flesh and sin in your life.
* Pray that sin will not have dominion over you.
* Plead the blood of Jesus over your spirit, soul and body. 
* Declare that you are an overcomer in the name of Jesus.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
There is hope for my destiny in 2015; even to the last moments of the year, help shall come, in the name of Jesus.